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RICHARDSON  HALL 


ST.  LAWRENCE  UNIVERSITY 


CANTON,  NEW  YORK 


A  CIRCULAR  OF  INFORMATION 


ALMON  GUNNISON,  LL.D. 

PRESIDENT 


GEORGE  S.  CONKEY 

TREASURER 


ST.  LAWRENCE  UNIVERSITY 


''T^HIS  institution  is  situated  in  the  northern  part  of  New 
York  state,  in  the  town  of  Canton,  St.  Lawrence 
county.  The  town  is  a  very  attractive  one,  being  the 
shire  town  of  the  county  and  having  fine  public  buildings 
and  pleasant  homes.  The  people  of  the  town  are  in  fullest 
sympathy  with  the  University  and  the  most  cordial  social 
relations  exist  between  the  townspeople  and  the  officers 
and  students  of  the  institution. 

The  University  was  chartered  by  the  Legislature  in  1856 
as  a  college  for  the  promotion  of  general  education,  and 
to  cultivate  and  advance  literature,  science  and  the  arts. 
As  at  present  organized  the  University  consists  of  a  Col¬ 
lege  of  Letters  and  Science,  a  Theological  School,  and  a 
Law  School  located  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  a  State 
School  of  Agriculture.  These  departments  are  independ¬ 
ent  of  each  other  in  their  Faculties,  buildings  and  funds 
and  in  the  instruction  and  government  of  their  students. 
The  College  Department  by  the  charter  is  entirely  unsec¬ 
tarian,  while  the  Theological  School  is  an  institution 
organized  for  the  preparation  and  training  of  persons  for 
the  ministry  of  the  Universalist  church.  All  denominations 
are  represented  in  the  faculty  and  students  of  the  college. 
The  Law  Department  is  called  the  Brooklyn  Law  School 
of  St.  Lawrence  University  and  has  fine  quarters  in  the 
building  of  the  Brooklyn  Eagle.  A  fine  equipment  has 
been  provided  for  the  Agricultural  School  and  the  school 
is  in  successful  operation. 


THE  CARXE('ilE  ^SCIENCE  HALL  AND  OTHER  KUILDINCLS 


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THE  EQUIPMENT 

The  University  owns  one  hundred  and  six  acres  of  land 
in  the  village  of  Canton;  comprising  the  college  campus, 
twenty-six  acres;  the  athletic  field,  thirteen  acres;  the 
Agricultural  School  campus  and  farm,  sixty-seven  acres. 
The  Athletic  Field  has  been  thoroughly  equipped  with  a 
quarter-mile  cinder  track,  two  hundred  and  twenty  yards 
straight  away,  a  grand  stand  with  dressing  rooms,  lockers 
and  the  usual  appurtenances  of  the  best  athletic  field.  The 
campus  rises  from  the  street  and  is  attractive  in  contour, 
with  many  trees  which  have  been  planted  by  the  different 
classes.  A  fine  outlook  is  obtained  and  there  is  ample 
room  for  the  enlargement  which  the  future  will  make 
necessary.  The  grounds  and  buildings  of  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  School  adjoin  the  University  Campus  and  a  large 
experimental  farm  is  connected  with  it. 

The  main  college  building  is  a  large  brick  structure, 
containing  the  President’s  office,  faculty  and  trustees’ 
room,  recitation  rooms,  laboratories  and  the  various  offices 
of  administration.  Its  corner  stone  was  laid  by  Horace 
Greeley,  the  address  being  made  by  Rev.  Dr.  Edwin 
H.  Chapin. 


THE  HERRING  LIBRARY 

The  Library  building  is  a  fine  structure  of  Potsdam 
sandstone,  erected  by  the  late  Silas  C.  Herring,  of  New 
York.  Upwards  of  twenty  thousand  volumes  are  upon  the 
shelves  and  constant  additions  are  being  made.  There 
are  many  books  of  rare  value,  the  famous  Credner  and 
Loveland  collections  being  among  them.  The  library  is 


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largely  used,  a  competent  librarian  being  always  in 
attendance  to  assist  readers. 

THE  COLE  READING  ROOM 

Through  the  generosity  of  the  late  Edward  H.  Cole, 
of  New  York,  the  Cole  Reading  Room  was  erected  in  1903. 
The  building  is  one  of  great  beauty.  It  is  built  of  sand¬ 
stone  and  is  architecturally  beautiful.  It  is  finished  in  oak 
with  a  circular  gallery  supported  by  Corinthian  columns. 
No  expense  was  spared  by  the  donor  in  its  erection  and 
equipment,  and  the  building  is  admirably  adapted  for  its 
purpose.  All  the  leading  American  and  English  mag¬ 
azines  are  upon  its  tables  and  it  is  greatly  appreciated  by 
the  large  number  who  use  it.  Mr.  Cole  by  his  will  left 
a  suitable  endowment  which  provides  for  its  perpetual 
maintenance.  All  the  buildings  are  lighted  with  electricity. 

THE  GYMNASIUM 

The  Gymnasium  was  erected  by  the  alumni.  It  is  large 
and  well  suited  for  its  purpose.  It  has  the  modern  gym¬ 
nastic  appliances  and  is  in  charge  of  a  competent  physical 
director  who  gives  the  most  systematic  and  approved 
physical  training.  The  students,  while  not  overdoing  the 
matter,  are  interested  in  athletics  and  there  are  strong 
’Varsity  teams  in  all  departments  of  athletic  sports. 
Plans  have  been  prepared  for  a  new  Gymnasium. 

FISHER  HALL 

The  Theological  School  is  well  housed  in  a  stone  build¬ 
ing  which  is  exclusively  used  by  it.  It  contains  the 
University  Chapel,  offices  and  recitation  rooms.  It  is 
named  after  the  first  President  of  the  School. 


COLE  KEA1)IN(',  ROOM 


IN^ri^RlOR  COLR  R1CA1)1N(;  ROOM 


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THE  CARNEGIE  SCIENCE  BUILDING 

A  Fifty  Thousand  Dollar  Science  Building  has  been 
erected  through  the  generosity  of  Andrew  Carnegie.  It 
is  admirably  adapted  for  its  work,  equipped  with  labora¬ 
tories,  electric  appliances,  the  best  appliances  for  science 
work.  It  is  said  by  visiting  professors  to  be  the  best 
equipped  Science  Building  in  the  state. 

RICHARDSON  HALL 

The  old  college  building  has  been  reconstructed  and 
modernized  and  is  practically  a  new  building.  It  con¬ 
tains  the  various  rooms  of  the  Arts  Department  and  the 
offices  of  administration. 

THE  PRESIDENT’S  HOUSE 

The  residence  of  the  President  of  the  University  is  upon 
the  campus.  It  is  a  substantial  structure  of  brick.  One 
of  the  Fraternity  club  houses  is  also  on  the  grounds  of  the 
campus,  while  all  the  eight  fraternities  are  well  housed  in 
buildings  which  they  either  own  or  lease. 

THE  INTERSCHOLASTIC  CONTEST 

An  annual  meet  of  the  High  Schools  of  Northern  New 
York  takes  place  at  the  University  in  the  spring.  It  con¬ 
sists  of  athletic  contests  for  a  silver  cup,  and  an  oratorical 
and  literary  contest  in  the  evening  in  the  Opera  House. 
Great  enthusiasm  prevails  at  these  trials.  Special  trains 
bring  the  contestants  and  their  friends  and  the  attendance 
and  interest  are  very  large, 


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INFORMATION 

There  are  two  courses,  one  of  Science,  leading  to  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science,  and  the  other  of  Literature 
and  Arts,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Each 
requires  four  years.  Certificates  of  the  Regents  and  of 
principals  of  approved  secondary  schools  are  accepted  for 
admission  in  lieu  of  examination. 

Students  who  think  of  entering  St.  Lawrence  should 
write  to  the  President  making  such  inquiries  as  they  desire. 
All  information  will  be  freely  given.  Parents  and  pros¬ 
pective  students  are  cordially  invited  to  visit  the  Univer¬ 
sity  and  inspect  its  work. 

EXPENSES 

The  expenses  are  small.  It  is  believed  that  a  student 
can  go  through  no  other  college  so  cheaply.  While  the 
standard  of  instruction  is  unexcelled  and  the  student  is 
deprived  of  no  advantages  that  he  could  get  elsewhere,  the 
scale  of  expense  is  put  at  the  smallest  possible  limit. 
Tuition  is  but  $50  for  the  year.  Tuition  is  free  in  the 
Agricultural  School.  The  best  board,  inclusive  of  room, 
lights,  heat,  etc.,  is  but  $4  per  week.  There  are  several 
free  scholarships.  The  expenditure  of  the  students  is 
small.  When  one  spends  but  little  he  spends  as  much  as 
his  fellows  and  it  is  possible  for  one  to  go  through  St. 
Lawrence  on  a  sum  which  is  very  small  compared  with 
the  ex])enditure  imperative  in  institutions  less  advantage¬ 
ously  situated. 


GYMNASIUM 


HERRING  LIBRARY 


CAMPUS 


WEEKS  xVTHLETIC  FIELD  ORAND  STAND 


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INSTRUCTORS 

The  Faculty  is  composed  of  able  and  experienced  educa¬ 
tors.  The  largest  sympathy  exists  between  the  students 
and  their  teachers.  The  lack  of  personal  knowledge  of 
and  interest  in  the  larger  institutions  is  not  apparent  at 
St.  Lawrence.  The  instruction  is  thorough  and  syste¬ 
matic.  There  is  but  little  necessity  for  discipline  as  the 
students  are  self-governing.  The  institution  is  co-educa- 
tional  and  a  delightful  social  life  is  therefore  possible. 
There  is  a  woman  professor  who  has  a  kindly  interest  in 
the  young  women  of  the  school.  The  students  are  enthusi¬ 
astic  in  their  loyalty  to  the  University. 

REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION 

The  customary  four  years  High  School  course  prepares 
for  St.  Lawrence.  The  following  are  the  admission 
requirements: 

ARTS  COURSE 

Leading  to  the  Degree  of  B.A. 

Latin  Grammar,  Caesar’s  Gallic  War,  bks.  I-IV;  Vergil’s 
Aeneid,  bks.  I-IV;  Cicero,  six  orations;  Latin  prose  com¬ 
position;  Greek  Grammar;  Xenophon’s  Anabasis,  three 
books;  Homer’s  Iliad,  three  books,  or  Odyssey,  three 
books  with  prosody;  Greek  prose  composition.  (Three 
years  of  French  or  German  and  one  year  of  Physics  or 
Chemistry  may  be  substituted  for  Greek);  English  two 
years;  Algebra;  Plane  Geometry;  Greek  and  Roman 
History. 


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SCIENCE  COURSE 
Leading  to  the  Degree  of  B.S. 

Two  years  of  Latin  (Latin  Grammar  and  Caesar’s  Gallic 
War,  bks.  I-IV)  or  two  years  of  French  or  German;  Eng¬ 
lish  two  years,  algebra,  plane  geometry;  Greek  and 
Roman  History;  and  any  ten  of  the  following  subjects: 
Physical  geography;  botany;  zoology;  geology;  astronomy; 
chemistry;  physics;  general  history;  midiaeval  history; 
English  history;  advanced  U.  S.  history;  economics;  solid 
geometry;  trigonometry;  advanced  arithmetic;  advanced 
algebra;  (A  third  year  of  English,  Latin,  French  or  Ger¬ 
man,  or  a  year  of  physics  or  chemistry  is  counted  as  two 
subjects).  Certificates  of  approved  preparatory  schools 
are  accepted  in  lieu  of  examinations. 

Students  are  admitted  with  a  fair  number  of  conditions. 
Six  months  and  a  year  are  given  for  the  making  up  of 
these  conditions.  Applications  for  entrance  will  be  sent 
to  those  who  desire  to  enter.  Catalogue  will  be  sent 
when  desired. 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL 

The  Theological  School  is  three  years.  For  the  degree 
of  B.D.  four  years;  for  a  college  graduate  three  years. 
No  examinations  are  required.  A  High  School  Course  or 
its  equivalent  is  required  of  applicants  for  admission.  A 
combined  course  of  five  years  taking  the  College  and 
Theological  School  has  been  arranged.  This  gives  the 
student  the  B.D.  and  A.B.  degrees. 


SECTION  OF  PHYSICS  ROOM 


THE  BOND  PAVILION,  ATHLETIC  FIELD 


CORNER  OF  MUSEUM,  SCIENCE  HALL 


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Free  tuition  and  free  books  are  given  to  students  taking 
the  Theological  course,  and  $125  per  year  is  granted  to 
approved  students  by  the  General  Convention. 

AGRICULTURAL  SCHOOL 

The  Agricultural  School,  though  very  inadequately 
housed,  is  in  successful  operation.  Before  the  issue  of 
this  booklet  it  will  be  in  its  splendidly  equipped  building. 
It  has  an  able  Faculty  and  a  fine  course  of  study.  The 
course  is  two  years  in  length.  Students  must  be  over 
sixteen  years  of  age  and  must  be  of  good  character  and 
have  at  least  a  grammar  school  education.  The  tuition  is 
free.  Fees,  Ten  Dollars  for  the  year.  No  examination 
is  required.  There  is  a  Domestic  Science  Course  for 
girls.  It  is  two  years  in  length.  Students  who  are 
graduates  of  Normal,  High  Schools  or  Colleges  will  be 
able  to  obtain  license  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  the  state. 
Tuition  free.  Fees  Ten  Dollars  for  the  year. 

THE  LAW  SCHOOL 

The  Law  School  course  is  three  years  for  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  Two  years  entitles  one  to  graduate.  The  school 
is  located  in  the  Brooklyn  Eagle  Building.  It  is  near  the 
courts.  It  is  the  only  law  school  in  Brooklyn.  There  is 
an  able  Faculty  and  the  instruction  is  equal  to  that  of  the 
best  law  schools  in  the  country.  Tuition,  $90  a  year.  For 
catalogue  of  the  Law  School  send  to  Dean  William  P. 
Richardson,  Brooklyn  Law  School,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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A  PHI  BETA  KAPPA  COLLEGE 

There  are  hardly  more  than  sixty  colleges  out  of  the 
four  hundred  of  the  country  that  have  a  chapter  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa.  This  is  an  historic  fraternity  whose  mem¬ 
bership  is  based  upon  scholarship.  Colleges  are  granted 
charters  only  after  the  most  thorough  examination  of  their 
standing  and  of  the  high  character  of  their  instruction. 
St.  Lawrence  successfully  passed  the  hard  test  and  is  a 
member  of  this  honorable  body. 

ADVANTAGES  OF  ST.  LAWRENCE 

Location  in  a  healthful  region  in  a  town  comparatively 
free  from  distractions  and  dissipations.  A  fine  class  of 
students,  coming  from  good  families,  earnest,  intelligent, 
prudent,  seeking  an  education  for  the  work  of  life,  not  for 
the  reputation  of  being  collegians.  The  alumni  body, 
almost  every  member  of  which  has  attained  influence  and 
success,  intensely  loyal  to  the  University  and  to  each 
other,  ready  to  give  a  helping  hand  to  the  new  graduate. 
The  competitions  of  modern  life  are  very  severe.  The 
ranks  are  so  closely  knit  together  that  it  is  not  easy  for 
the  new  comer  to  find  a  place.  It  means  much  to  him  if  a 
friendly  hand  is  stretched  out  and  a  place  is  made  for  him 
to  begin  his  work.  There  are  nearly  one  hundred  gradu¬ 
ates  of  St.  Lawrence  in  Greater  New  York,  and  nearly 
every  one  received  his  start  from  the  helping  hand  of  an 
older  alumnus.  The  graduates  of  the  larger  Universities 
can  have  but  slight  acquaintance  with  each  other.  There 
are  too  many  of  them  for  the  affection  which  means  help¬ 
fulness. 


PRESIDENT’S  HOUSE 


FISHER  HALl 


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Able  and  conscientious  professors  who  personally  teach. 
Much  of  the  teaching  in  the  more  pretentious  institutions 
is  done  by  tutors  and  instructors  of  inferior  experience  and 
ability.  The  Professors  in  such  institutions  are  engaged  in 
post  graduate  instruction,  which  is  more  congenial  to  them. 

The  comradeship  which  comes  from  a  limited  number 
of  students.  Classes  are  not  divided  and  the  closest 
friendships  are  made  by  the  intimacies  of  class  work  and 
life.  The  co-education  of  sexes.  In  nearly  all  the  colleges 
where  co-education  has  been  introduced  as  an  afterthought, 
it  is  unacceptable  to  the  students  and  the  young  women 
are  treated  with  scant  courtesy.  St.  Lawrence  has  been 
co-educational  from  the  start;  the  women  are  there  by  right 
not  by  sufferance,  and  most  harmonious  relations  exist. 

The  expenses  are  smaller  than  in  almost  all  other  col¬ 
leges,  while  the  instruction  is  of  highest  grade.  “New 
York  Education,”  an  educational  magazine  of  high  rank, 
says,  editorially:  “In  its  men  and  results,  St.  Lawrence 
University  is  a  veritable  David  among  American  colleges. 
Its  courses  are  stiff  and  up-to-date.  It  is  questionable 
whether  any  college  of  its  size  sends  out  so  many  men  who 
make  a  distinct  and  advanced  mark  in  the  world  as  St. 
Lawrence.”  Hon.  Chauncey  Depew  once  said,  “St.  Law¬ 
rence  University  has  sent  out  many  students  and  not  a 
failure  among  them  all.” 

ITS  NEEDS 

It  needs  more  students  and  more  money;  Thirty-Five 
Thousand  Dollars  endows  a  Professorship  Chair  and  Fif¬ 
teen  Hundred  Dollars  creates  a  Scholarship,  which  bears 


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the  donor’s  name  and  forever  gives  free  tuition  to  some 
deserving  student. 

It  needs  money  in  gifts  and  bequests.  Put  something 
for  the  University  in  your  will.  You  can  make  no  invest¬ 
ment  which  will  be  so  securely  guarded  and  which  will 
bring  such  large  results.  He  who  educates  the  young, 
shapes  the  future. 

It  needs  a  University  Chapel  to  accommodate  the  enlarged 
attendance  and  to  be  used  only  for  chapel  purposes. 

It  needs  a  new  Gymnasium  with  a  modern  equipment. 

It  needs  an  Administration  Building.  Ten  thousand 
dollars  will  build  a  beautiful  stone  structure  suitable  for 
this  imperative  need. 

It  needs  an  Art  Building  and  Museum  costing  thirty 
thousand  dollars. 

It  needs  an  endowment  for  its  Library. 

It  needs  $5,000  for  the  improvement  of  the  campus. 

It  needs  above  all  unrestricted  gifts. 

And  it  needs  them  now! 

Give  us  some  of  these  and  St.  Lawrence  University  will 
largely  augment  its  influence.  Will  you  not  do  it? 

FORM  OF  BEQUESTS 

I  hereby  give  and  bequeath  to  St.  Lawrence  University, 
of  Canton,  N.  Y.,  the  sum  of 

dollars,  this  sum  to  be  invested  and  the  income  to  be  used 
for  the  use  of  the  University. 

Should  you  desire  to  advise  about  entering  the  Univer¬ 
sity  or  about  gifts  and  bequests,  write  to  President  Almon 
Gunnison,  Canton,  N.  Y.,  and  he  will  give  you  all  informa¬ 
tion. 


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